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The Big Broadcast (1932
1932 in film

Events*Katharine Hepburn's film career begins*Shirley Temple's film career begins*The Walt Disney Company released Flowers and Trees their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film....
) is a Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production company and distribution company, located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California....
 production starring Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an United States popular singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death.One of the first multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses....
, George Burns
George Burns

George Burns was an United States comedy, actor, and comedy writer.His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen....
, and Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen , better known as Gracie Allen, was an United States comedienne who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns....
. Directed by Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle

Frank Tuttle was a Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 to 1959 .His output also includes the all-star revue Paramount on Parade , the comedy This Is the Night with Cary Grant, and Roman Scandals ....
, the musical comedy is the first in the series of Big Broadcast movies.







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The Big Broadcast (1932
1932 in film

Events*Katharine Hepburn's film career begins*Shirley Temple's film career begins*The Walt Disney Company released Flowers and Trees their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film....
) is a Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production company and distribution company, located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California....
 production starring Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an United States popular singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death.One of the first multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses....
, George Burns
George Burns

George Burns was an United States comedy, actor, and comedy writer.His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen....
, and Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen , better known as Gracie Allen, was an United States comedienne who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns....
. Directed by Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle

Frank Tuttle was a Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 to 1959 .His output also includes the all-star revue Paramount on Parade , the comedy This Is the Night with Cary Grant, and Roman Scandals ....
, the musical comedy is the first in the series of Big Broadcast movies.

Cast

  • Bing Crosby
    Bing Crosby

    Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an United States popular singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death.One of the first multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses....
     as Himself
  • Stuart Erwin
    Stuart Erwin

    Stuart Erwin was an United States actor. Erwin began acting in college in the 1920s, first appearing on the stage, then breaking into films in 1928 in Mother Knows Best....
     as Leslie McWhinney
  • Leila Hyams
    Leila Hyams

    Leila Hyams was an United States film actor....
     as Anita Rogers
  • George Burns
    George Burns

    George Burns was an United States comedy, actor, and comedy writer.His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen....
     as George
  • Gracie Allen
    Gracie Allen

    Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen , better known as Gracie Allen, was an United States comedienne who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns....
     as Gracie
  • Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon

    'Irving Bacon' was an United States character actor who appeared in over 400 films. Bacon was sometimes cast in films directed by his brother Lloyd Bacon such as The Amazing Dr....
     as Prisoner
  • Arthur Tracy
    Arthur Tracy

    Arthur Tracy was an United States vocalist, billed as The Street Singer. His performances in theatre, films and radio, along with his recordings, brought him international fame in the 1930s....
     as Himself
  • The Mills Brothers as Themselves
  • The Boswell Sisters as Themselves
  • Cab Calloway
    Cab Calloway

    Cabell "Cab" Calloway III was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader.Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s....
     as Himself
  • Vincent Lopez
    Vincent Lopez

    Vincent Lopez was a United States bandleader and pianist.Vincent Lopez was born of Portuguese immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York and was leading his own dance band in New York City by 1917....
     as Himself & His Orchestra
  • Kate Smith
    Kate Smith

    Kathryn Elizabeth "Kate" Smith was an American singer, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". Smith had a radio, television and recording career spanning five decades, reaching its most-remembered zenith in the 1940s....
     as Herself


Films in series

  • The Big Broadcast of 1936
    The Big Broadcast of 1936

    The Big Broadcast of 1936 is a Paramount Pictures production, directed by Norman Taurog, and is the second in the series of Big Broadcast movies....
  • The Big Broadcast of 1937
    The Big Broadcast of 1937

    The Big Broadcast of 1937 is a Paramount Pictures production, directed by Mitchell Leisen, and is the third in the series of Big Broadcast movies....
  • The Big Broadcast of 1938
    The Big Broadcast of 1938

    The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount Pictures film featuring W.C. Fields and Bob Hope. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies....


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